Chapter 525 - Astray
Chapter 525 Astray
One month, two months, three months… Half a year… One year…
I’ve already crossed three river zones. Why haven’t I sensed Meng Chuan’s exact location yet? Emperor Roc, who had spent a year traveling in the River of Spacetime, found it unbelievable.
As they were too far away from each other, he couldn’t determine Meng Chuan’s exact location. He could only sense Meng Chuan’s general direction.
To his surprise, even as a Second Tribulation Eminence with the Golden-Winged Roc bloodline, he was still unable to determine Meng Chuan’s exact location despite traveling for a year. How far did Meng Chuan flee? How much longer do I have to fly? Emperor Roc felt somewhat sad.
Back when Imperial Lord Starquix couldn’t determine his location, he wrote it off as Imperial Lord Starquix’s realm being too low. Now that it was his turn to make the trip, he felt the hardship.
As he flew, he could sense through karma that Meng Chuan seemed to be in front of him forever! This feeling of never seeing the end was indeed tormenting. However, Emperor Roc no longer thought about it.
At his level, he had great willpower and determination. He also knew that success didn’t come easy for many things. He would definitely experience many setbacks during the process. He had to clear them one by one before he could finally enjoy success.
If one year isn’t enough, then I’ll search for three years! If that’s still not enough, then I’ll search for ten years! I can still meditate and cultivate while traveling through the River of Spacetime. I want to see where Meng Chuan has fled to. Emperor Roc calmed down and prepared himself for the long haul.
Just like that, he transformed into a blurry golden beam of light and patiently flew through the River of Spacetime.
Ancient Magus River Zone, Heaven Peak River System.
In a massive Chaos Hole’s depths, a region where time flowed 47 times faster than the norm. Even newly-advanced Tribulation Eminences would find it difficult to resist this region’s gravitational force, much less a perfected Imperial Lord.
Chaos Hole. Meng Chuan sat cross-legged in the darkness and observed it silently.
His Chaos Hole Divine Body resembled a treasure or weapon. His Chaos Hole domain made Meng Chuan especially good at resisting the gravitational force. However, he couldn’t travel beyond this region; this was his limit.
He often stared into the Chaos Hole’s depths. The Chaos Hole’s seemed pitch-black, but upon closer inspection, Meng Chuan could sense spacetime distortions. The closer he got to the Chaos Hole’s core, the more beautiful the spacetime distortions became. The time flow also accelerated even more.
Beautiful. Meng Chuan appreciated this sight.
Although only eight years have passed in the outside world, I’ve been cultivating in the Chaos Hole for over 100 years. Meng Chuan discovered a problem. I spent 100 years cultivating alone. The Chaos Hole was my only companion. My state of mind has changed over time because I’ve been meditating. He had a seventh-level Essence Soul and obtained the Essence Soul Star legacy. He had also honed his mind since he was young… However, his personality still gradually changed as he cultivated in the Chaos Hole’s depths alone. This Chaos Hole affects spacetime and all things. It also affects one’s Essence Soul. It’s as if it wants everything to return to darkness and become still eternally.
Meng Chuan had another true body in his homeworld. He also had an Essence Soul avatar guarding Archean Mountain. He had Essence Soul avatars in Jiang State Capital, Snow Wind Pass, and other places. He often interacted with others. No matter how lonely his true body in the outer realm was, his personality shouldn’t have changed.
However, his personality still suffered changes.
What realm was Meng Chuan at? He didn’t notice it at first, but he realized his mental state’s minute changes over time. These changes were subtle, which was why they had gone unnoticed at first.
I’m getting affected by the Chaos Hole. It’s changing me gradually. My mental state has become even calmer. There are no fluctuations at all. It’s deathly still. It’s as though everything is about to die. Meng Chuan didn’t think that there was anything wrong with his state of mind. It remained extremely calm, as though he had transcended all things. He calmly watched the birth and the destruction of all things. However, he still made a decision. It’s been over 100 years. I’ll leave this place after cultivating for 20 more years.
Although such a mental state isn’t an obstruction to my cultivation-making me even calmer and more capable of comprehending the law profundities clearlythis is a change that happened because of the Chaos Hole. This is not a voluntary transformation of mine.
The Chaos Hole was indeed beneficial to his cultivation. Therefore, Meng Chuan decided to persist for 20 more years.
Infinite Saber. Meng Chuan drew Demon Slayer. Meng Chuan’s Quintessential Essence had nurtured Demon Slayer for a long time. As Meng Chuan’s realm improved, Demon Slayer slowly transformed. Now, it was an Imperial Lord-level weapon.
Swoosh.
Meng Chuan swung his saber and tried to create an Imperial Lord-level saber move for Infinite Saber.
He spent most of his time cultivating in a region where the time flow was ten times faster than the norm. He would also occasionally cultivate in the region where he was at his limits.
Fifteen Lightning Forms. In the past few years, Meng Chuan had studied the 15 forms intensively. He had attempted to fuse many of them with Infinite Saber, running through all the different combinations.
Annihilate. Meng Chuan slashed out.
When he slashed out, his heart didn’t stir at all.
Whoosh!
The saber produced a weak sound, but a black saber beam flew out of it! Strictly speaking, the saber beam’s center was pitch-black, and its periphery was filled with lightning, outlining the black saber beam. The black saber beam was violent and unrestrained, but the interior was completely silent. The two completely opposite intents fused with the saber beam.
Rip!
The saber easily tore through the void.
Meng Chuan was at the Chaos Hole’s depth, where time flowed 47 times faster than usual. No matter how he tried, Meng Chuan couldn’t stir the void in the past.
Now, his saber could rip it apart.
This strike…? After swinging the saber, Meng Chuan was pleasantly surprised.
Swoosh.
He immediately turned his head and flew out of the region he was in. After flying for a long time, he arrived at the Chaos Hole accretion
disc.
Even ordinary Supremacies could resist the gravitational force around a Chaos Hole accretion disc. Meng Chuan’s cultivation was not affected here.
Annihilate. Meng Chuan swung his saber again.
Another black saber beam! The saber beam’s edges were lightning snakes. The interior was pitch-black and indestructible. Wherever it passed, the void would be annihilated. I succeeded? I’ve created an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique? Meng Chuan was overjoyed. Without a doubt, the might of this strike far exceeded his perfected Grotto-Heaven realm Infinite Saber. It had undergone a qualitative change! This was a move that could suppress ordinary perfected Imperial Lords. It definitely had the strength of a Tribulation Eminence.
After so many years, I’ve finally created it! I’ve created so many different Imperial Lord-level saber moves for my Infinite Saber, but they weren’t strong enough. However, this move’s might is about ten times stronger than my perfected Grotto Heaven realm Infinite Saber. Meng Chuan was delighted. This move definitely has the strength of a Tribulation Eminence.
Flash Form, Yin-Yang Form, Wave Splitting Forms, Infinite Forms, Perfect Harmonization Form… These five forms combined make the perfected Grotto-Heaven.
I’ve now fused the Nirvana Form into my Infinite Saber.
Light returns to Nirvana…
The saber move’s strength has also undergone a qualitative change. This should be an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique? Meng Chuan was overjoyed.
Meng Chuan began to study this move carefully.
It also has a huge influence on time. With this move, I can speed up the time flow by eighty-fold. Meng Chuan sighed in amazement. It has indeed greatly improved.
I’ll test out my speed next. Meng Chuan executed his movement technique in the Chaos Hole accretion disc.
Swoosh.
After his first try, Meng Chuan frowned slightly. Something’s not right. Meng Chuan continued. He executed his movement technique repeatedly.
Two hours, four hours, six hours…
Meng Chuan stood there silently.
My cultivation has gone astray? Meng Chuan had mixed emotions. Not only did my speed not increase, but it has actually decreased?
Ignoring the changed time flow, his perfected Grotto-Heaven realm Infinite Saber could increase his speed to 15,000 kilometers per second instantly when he was in the outer realm void—there was no resistance here. Ordinary Supremacies would slowly accelerate as they flew in the outer realm. An instant burst of speed could prove their strength. It was also useful in life-and-death battles.
Although he could accelerate the time flow even more, his actual speed had dropped! He could only travel 14,000 kilometers per second now!
What I’m pursuing is paramount speed. So how can one’s speed decrease when they break through from the Supremacy realm to the Imperial Lord realm? Something’s wrong. This move is still not it. This move is probably similar to Dark Lightning, Lightning Walk, and Lightning Fire Body Tempering Art. Although its strength seems to match an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique, it has obvious flaws.
This saber move shall be called Saber of Nirvana. It’s worth keeping it. However, there’s no need for me to cultivate it in depth. Meng Chuan understood this point. His Infinite Saber pursued pure speed in the Grotto-Heaven realm. Thus, something was obviously wrong when his speed decreased when using this Imperial Lord-level move. However, although it wasn’t a paramount technique, it didn’t mean it was weak. It still had the strength of an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique.
However, this saber move had flaws!
There was only one path without any flaws, and that was to create an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique! This was the only perfect, flawless path. Everything else was wrong With his Infinite Saber as the foundation, he had definitely made a mistake when he was creating an Imperial Lord-level saber move, which resulted in his speed decreasing.
This flaw was similar to the outer Imperial Lord-level ultimate techniques of the lightning lineage that Ancestral Master Archean Eon had left in Star Cluster Building. The more one cultivated the Lightning Fire Body Tempering Art, the greater the side-effects on one’s body. One would cultivate their body into a weapon in the end. One would have high combat strength, but they would never reach the Tribulation realm with it.
Dark Lightning and Lightning Walk had huge flaws as well…
If he continued cultivating Saber of Nirvana, there would be even greater side-effects, especially if he used it to cultivate his body and his dantian’s Chaos Hole. Towards the end, when a huge flaw appeared, it would be too late for regret.
Although this saber move is flawed, if it is improved to the perfected Heaven Earth realm, even Seventh Tribulation Eminences would keep this move in their collections. Meng Chuan laughed self-deprecatingly. However, what’s wrong is ultimately wrong.
Meng Chuan stood in the Chaos Hole accretion disc and silently stared into the Chaos Hole’s depths. How can I create an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique?